Oil-cabinet



(Model.)

J. A. HACKENBERG.

OIL GABINET.

No. 337,576. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEKEE,s

JACOB A. HACKENBERG, OF KIMBERTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,576, dated March 9,1886.

Application filed October 3l, 1885. Serial No. l8l,536. (Model.)

To aZZ whom -L't mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB A. HAOKENBERG, of Kimberton, in the county ofChester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oil-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description 'of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and luseit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specifica- My invention relates to improvements in oil-cabinets;and it consists in the combination of the cabinet, the pocket connectedthereto and into which the oil from the measures is emptied, themeasures, the rods for operating them, and a single faucet connectedwith the pocket, the top edge of the pocket having recesses formed init, so as to correspond to the shape of the measures, and thus allow themeasures to be tilted, so as to empty their contents into it.

The object of my invention is to pivot the different measures belowtheir centers between the pronged ends of the rods by means of whichthey are operated, so that when the measures are drawn up to the top ofthe cabinet they will automatically tilt and empty their contents intothe pocket.

Figures l and 2 are vertical longitudinal sections of an oil-cabinetembodying my invention.

A represents the tank, body, or cabinet in which the oil is placed forthe purpose of being measured out from time to time. In order to causethe oil to settle upon that side of the lbottom of the cabinet where themeasures descend to be iilled, there is placed in the botvtom thepartition B, which divides the bottom of the cabinetvertically to agreater height than the top of the largest measure, and which partitionhas its top inclined downward, as shown. No oil enters that portion ofthe bottom which'is inclosed by the partition, and hence all of the oilthat remains in the cabinet after the supply has become somewhat eX-hausted flows down into the space C, where the measures descend to befilled. If this partition were not used, a large amount of the oil wouldalways remain in the cabinet, and which could never be reached by any ofthe measures. The lid D of this tank is hinged to the top, so that itcan be raised to allow the oil to be poured into the tank, or for anyother purpose; but the-remaining portion of the top of the cabinet ispreferably rigidly secured to the cabinet, and is curved upward, asshown, so as to allow the measures to be raised freely above the top ofthe pocket F, into which the measures empty their contents. The rea-rside of the pocket F projects downward to the bottom of the cabinet, soas to form the vertical wall or surface R, against which the measures J,are held by the rods I, and which wall or surface serves as a guide tokeep the measures in a vertical position until they reach the top of thepocket.

Upon the top of the stationary portion of the cover are suitable guides,G, and in these guides and the top are formed openings through which therods I work up and down. Each one of these rods I has its end madeforked or pronged, and in between these pronged ends are pivoted, belowtheir centers, the measures J, of different sizes. These measures arepivoted below and back of their centers, so that when they are raisedupward they will freely tip forward, and thus discharge their contentsinto the pocket F. Each measure is retained in a vertical positionbetween the pronged ends of its rod by bearing against either the sideof the pocket when the pocket is formed inside of the cabinet, oragainst the side of the can when the pocket is formed outside. As longas the measures bear against the side of the pocket or the side of thecan, they can neither tilt backward nor forward; but as soon as theirupper portions rise slightly beyond their corresponding recesses, L, inthe top of the pocket n the weight of the fluid causes the measures totilt forward, and thus empty their contents into the pocket.

If so desired, in order. to prevent the'measures from tilting backward,a band, N, may be attached to the prongs of each rod in the rear of eachmeasure, so that when the measure is raised above the pocket it can onlytip forward and empty into the pocket and not backward. This band is notabsolutely necessary, and may be used or not, as may be desired. lfdesired, there may be also attached to each one ofthe rods a stop, O,which will strike against the under side of the top of the eover, andthus prevent the measure from being raised higher than is necessary toempty into the pocket.

The measure F may be plaeed either inside or outside of the tank, but ishere shown as placed inside as a mere matter of convenience. The reartop edge of this pocket has a number of recesses formed in it, and eachrecess eorresponds to the shape and the size of one of the measures. Bymeans of these recesses which are formed in the top edges ofthe pocketthe measures are enabled to begin to tip forward as soon as their upperportions begin to rise above the pocket, and thus there is no danger oftheir tilting backward. If no recesses were used, the measures could nottip in either direetion until they were raised above the top of thepocket, and in that case they would be just as liable to tilt backwardas ibrward. To the bottom of' this pocket is Connected a faucet, P,through which the oil which is emptied into the pocket can be drawn edat will.

Having thus described my invention, I claimrThe combination of thecabinet, the pocket connected thereto and having recesses in its reartop edge corresponding to the different measures used, the vertical wallor surface extending down from the pocket to guide the measures, withthe rods having pronged lower ends, the perforated top through which therods pass, and the measures which are pivoted between these prongedends, substantially as set forth.

[n testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB A. HACKENBERG.

Witnesses:

JOHN HAVILAND, S. D. HUNTER.

